(Clearwisdom.net) I began practicing Falun Gong in March 1999. Before that I was "like a medicine jar" and had various illnesses. I had practiced four different qigongs, but none of them improved my health. I was constantly in a flu-like state, with symptoms typically lasting close to a year. The expenses for drugs and injections used up most of my husband's and my monthly salaries, and we lived a daily ordeal.

Our circumstances were such that death sounded better than living. An acquaintance learned the practice of Falun Dafa and happily told me of the physical and psychological improvements she had enjoyed as a result. I was happy to hear this and immediately obtained a copy of the book “Zhuan Falun.” After reading it the first time I felt it was a heavenly book. It was something I had waited to find for a long time; a way to return to my origin. This heavenly book helped me understand the cause and effect of a person's reincarnation over the eons. It brought goodness and beauty to my mind and body, and a sudden realization of the meaning of life.

After only a week's practice I threw away my medicine jar. I could barely calm down in those days. I told every acquaintance of my improved health and the benefits of practicing Falun Gong, giving them the opportunity to practice, too. Other practitioners and I went to a big square to do the exercises every morning at 4:00 a. m. New practitioners joined in every day. After a few months, the square was no longer large enough to hold us all. It was just like Master said,

“Those who really have a predestined relationship and can enlighten will come one after another, entering the Dao and obtaining the Fa.” (“Enlightenment” from Essentials for Further Advancement)

However, the vicious persecution started on July 20, only a few months after my beginning the practice. Jiang and his followers slandered and defamed Dafa and Master with the most evil lies. They have ever since perpetrated an inhuman and wild persecution of Dafa practitioners. Even though I began the practice late, I had firm belief in Master and continued to tell my neighbors and acquaintances how I benefited from practicing Falun Gong. Master said,

"While saving sentient beings, don’t forget to cultivate yourselves. (Applause) You need to do all of the three things. You should always keep your thoughts righteous, and when you are confronted with evil or with certain situations, you should send forth righteous thoughts a lot; you need to clarify the truth and save sentient beings, but even more so should you cultivate yourselves well. If you don’t cultivate yourselves well you won’t have mighty virtue, what you say will not be in line with the Fa, and then you can’t possibly save sentient beings. When what you say has no mighty virtue and no power, it will have no effect, and the evil will capitalize on that. What’s more, if you don’t cultivate yourselves well and your righteous thoughts are lacking, when you handle certain things you will tend to slip into human ways of thinking, and then you won’t be able to have the effect of saving sentient beings.” (“Teaching the Fa at the 2005 Manhattan International Fa Conference”)

Because of the evildoers' persecution, both the morning practice site and our own group practice stopped. Relying on my firm belief in Master and the Fa I persisted in studying and reciting the Fa at home. I was able to recite “Lunyu” and Hong Yin. Later I began to memorize Zhuan Falun. Memorization for me, a person over 50, was difficult. Sometimes it took me one or two days to memorize one paragraph. One night a miracle happened. The walls of the building we lived in were painted blue. But that night, all four walls turned a golden color with shining lights. I was very moved and cried, knowing that Master was encouraging me. Dafa's miracle strengthened my belief in Master and the Fa.

I was determined to do the “three things” well. “Truth clarification” materials were then in limited supply, so I made some of them myself. I didn't know about self-adhesive tape, so I carried glue with me. When my daughter-in-law came home at night to take care of her baby, I went out to post truth clarifying materials. I tried to post them in places where many people would see them, such as poster corners or apartment complex gates. Sometimes the posters stayed in place for an entire month. No one tore them down.

Persuading people to do the “three withdrawals” and quit the CCP requires strong righteous thoughts. I took advantage of every opportunity to clarify the truth, beginning with my parents' side of the family. For instance when I went to an elder's birthday party or someone's wedding, I clarified the truth to them and persuaded them to do the “three withdrawals.” It didn't matter if the event was in town or out of town. If someone didn't want to quit the Party the first time I talked to them I would talk to them again and again. After telling them the Communist Party's deeds since the day it was established, they came to understand the reasoning. All my brothers and sisters' families withdrew from the Party.

On one occasion I went out of town to go to my husband's brother's birthday party. My husband and I arrived at his home. After dinner, more than twenty relatives were present. I seized that opportunity to clarify the truth to them. I told them how I have benefited from Falun Dafa practice. At the end they said, “We didn't know you were that ill before. Now you take care of the grandchild, do laundry, and cook. Such a good practice! Why persecute! Sooner or later, Falun Gong will be declared innocent.” Then, they all withdrew from the Communist Party.

I have now begun to talk about the “three withdrawals” to my friends, old classmates, hometown people, acquaintances, and people in society. One day I went to a hometown friend's place. She was not in good health and couldn't take care of herself. I told her to silently recite, “Falun Dafa is good. Truth-Compassion-Tolerance is good,” every day. She is now able to go downstairs. I also told her child's nanny the current situation. If they want to be safe, they need to quit the Party quickly. She said she has helped her husband and the whole family withdraw from the Party. I said to her that her whole family would have good fortune.

Several of our practitioners formed a Fa study group. We also set up a home Falun Dafa materials production site. We can read the “Minghui Weekly” and Master's newly published articles each week. Fellow practitioners and I distribute various truth clarifying materials.

Looking back at my path during the past seven years, I walked it under Master's compassionate protection and care. In the last period of Fa-rectification, I must study the Fa more, study the Fa well, closely follow Master's Fa-rectification process, and be Master's qualified disciple.